Another Corporate Scandal Brewing?

In an investigative report that aired last night on NBC affiliate KSDK Channel 5, reporter Leisa Zigman tried to stoke the fires of anger and discontent that have been brewing in St. Louis ever since the 2008...

Book Published for Soon-to-be-Axed Workers

I was surprised to find a news release for Budweiser in the rotation of ads featured today in “THE HOLIDAY SPOTLIGHT” on PRNewswire.  Why?  Because the ad appeared on the same day that ABInBev, the...

InBev says it has closed Anheuser Busch takeover

The U.S. Department of Justice cleared the deal last week after InBev agreed to sell Labatt USA, which sells the Canadian beer in the U.S. It will hold on to Labatt in Canada. InBev did not say who would buy the...

Wachovia Cuts Could Deal St. Louis Second Blow

Wachovia Corp. officials announced in a news release today that the company would cut dividends and jobs — 6,350 in all — after suffering nearly $9 billion in second-quarter losses tied primarily to the...

A-B Earnings Call to Air in Three InBev Languages

In a news release today, Anheuser-Busch announced it will broadcast its second quarter 2008 earnings conference call over the internet at 12 p.m. Eastern time on Wednesday, July 23. Unfortunately, I expect the conference call to be broadcast only in Flemish, French and...

Teamsters Worried About InBev’s Bud Buy

In a post one month ago, I focused on the impact a foreign company’s takeover of Anheuser-Busch would have on St. Louis residents and charitable organizations. Today, the Teamsters are raising doubts about the...

Anheuser-Busch accepts $52 billion InBev offer

The unsolicited bid by a Belgian-Brazilian brewing company has suceeding in acquiring the iconic American beer company Anheiser-Busch, putting the company in foreign hands for the first time in its history. The...

St. Louis Residents, Charities Nervous About Future

Many St. Louis residents and nonprofit organizations alike are nervous about what the St. Louis Post-Dispatch described today as a Kingdom under siege.The “kingdom,” in this case, is Anheuser-Busch, while...

Stella Artois' misleading ads

It has been a bad week for beer."The brewer behind Stella Artois has been criticised by the advertising watchdog for implying that one family has brewed the lager for 600 years. An advert for the beer, often...

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